[meteorite-list] Putting fear on the other's foot.

From: Count Deiro <countdeiro_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:28:23 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
Message-ID: <21663626.1328689703751.JavaMail.root_at_mswamui-bichon.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

Hi Doug, Brian and all,

Isn't it interesting that many posts mention hunters fearing encounters with human miscreants and even animals in the field. (I'm speaking of other than property owners and guard dogs on their own land.)

Personally, I think the human yahoos whom I would chance to encounter would have more to fear from me..than I from them. I don't hunt alone. I am always visibly armed and so are my companions. We move purposely in the open and are alert to our surroundings. In other words, we do what the dominant species is programmed to do. Be alert, move purposefully, and be visibly and mentally equipped to cause great bodily harm to an attacker.

In the field, and assuming you are there legally, it will relieve your apprehensions if you maintain an aggressive and offensively capable mindset. It will show... and both human and animal predators will be reluctant to screw around with you. Hunting for anything, including meteorites, is in our DNA. Don't go against your human nature and act like a "wuss". Be MEN. (Said with all deference to those ladies of capability.)

Regards,

Count Deiro
IMCA 3536

       


-----Original Message-----
>From: MexicoDoug <mexicodoug at aim.com>
>Sent: Feb 7, 2012 8:55 PM
>To: searchingforfun at sbcglobal.net, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas
>
>Brian wrote:
>
>"stay off ... permission to hunt on it."
>
>I'm with Eric on the panthers; it's hard to live as a child in the
>natural habitat of panthers (the *Florida Panther* is the official
>state animal and correct common name of the animal), but our guys
>certainly don't range to Texas.
>
>As for the scare tactics, sheesh, every time there is a new meteorite
>fall we run through the same drill and after a while hasn't anyone
>gotten a little tired of the overly protective nature of it? "Oh,
>don't go there!" Oh spiders and snakes!" Oh crazy druggies!" Oh, mean
>thugs!"
>
>Well, I agree that there are risks especially in certain circumstances,
>and a low key noting of caution is always helpful and great. What I
>object to is the three ringed circus that usually seems to be blown out
>of proportion in the most inconspicuous places ... now, a nature
>reserve outside Dallas ! Risk is such a subject and relative
>construction, I mean walking down the street in my hometown in Mexico
>used to be safer than any US city and now it is 10 times more dangerous
>that tough US inner cities ...
>
>The advice to actually respect peoples wishes is the tried and true
>method of success in the strewn field. Here's a training video for a
>future meteorite hunter who would eat the space rock given a chance !
>Ah, to learn the complex definition and subtleties of the meaning of
>NO! (nao)!
>
>Kindest wishes
>Doug
>
>
>
>
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